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42 Business Overview 業務概覽

MEEtiNg tHE NEEDS OF AN AgEiNg POPulAtiON
關顧樂齡人口所需

Age Profile of Housing Society Tenants
房協居民年齡分布

No. of Tenants as at 31 March 2019
居民人數 截至二零一九年三月三十一日止
Age
年齡
0-19 (9%)
83,097 20-39 (22%)

Total ᐼᅰ
40-59 (30%)
>60 (39%)

Population ageing is a global phenomenon and Hong Kong is no 人口老化已成為全球趨勢，香港亦不能幸
exception. According to data published by the Hong Kong Census and 免。根據香港政府統計處的數據，長者人
Statistics Department, the elderly population will increase at a much 口將急速上升，推算六十五歲及以上長者
faster pace in the future, with the proportion of elderly citizens aged 65 的比例，會由二零一六年的百分之十七增
or over projected to grow from 17% in 2016 to 31% in 2036. By 2040, 加至二零三六年的百分之三十一。到二零
about one in every three Hong Kong people will be an elderly person. It 四零年左右，差不多每三名香港人便有一
is imperative that Hong Kong has to prepare for the economic and 名是長者。因應香港人口結構變化為經濟
social challenges posed by this demographic change. 和社會帶來的挑戰，我們必須做好充分準
備。

2019 marks the 20 anniversary of our efforts in elderly housing 二零一九年標誌著房協推動長者房屋發展
th
development. Since the 1990s, the Housing Society has embarked on a 的二十周年。自九十年代起，房協已著手
variety of pilot housing projects and schemes targeting elderly citizens 為不同社會經濟背景的長者，開拓不同形
in different socio-economic groups, providing homes with elderly- 式的長者房屋先導項目和計劃，提供長者
friendly features and assisting them to “age in place”. 友善的家居環境，協助他們「居家安老」。

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